'The truth of how my dad died has been covered up... it's an injustice'

A son is fighting for the truth over the death of his dad, who became a much-loved figure at the centre of his community.

Brian Brierley, who was born in Oldham, tragically died at the age of 49 in 1991. However his family still do not know how Brian, who later moved to Liverpool and ran a chemist shop in the Edge Hill area of the city, died - and that he was a victim of one of the worst health scandals in this country's history.

Now the family are hoping a new inquiry report will give them answers - and help finally establish the truth about what happened.

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Brian did not have an easy life. Born to factory-working parents in Oldham, he and his older brother Alan were diagnosed with haemophilia, a medical condition in which the ability of the blood to clot is severely reduced. It means a sufferer can bleed heavily and dangerously from even the slightest injury, the Liverpool Echo reports.

Despite these challenges Brian was driven with his education and went on to do a pharmacy degree at Sunderland College. After qualifying, Brian and his wife Irene moved to Rainhill in Merseyside and Brian began managing the shop in Kensington that he would later go on to own. It was in Merseyside where Brian found his spiritual home.

"Scousers just took dad under his wing," explains his son Sean, now 58 and living in Brighton. "Liverpool was so important for him. He loved the city, the people, the humour. He had a real sense of fun. Everyone who knew him and loved him for that.

"As kids we were always in that chemist's shop in Kensington and we saw how many lives he touched. He used to take prescriptions to people's houses. He was always looking out for